Texas Gov. Abbott vows to build a border wall with Mexico - NBC News
Gregg Abbott said Thursday that his state would build a wall along the border with Mexico and blamed President Joe Biden’s policies for a humanitarian crisis at the southern border.
The Republican governor announced the plan to build the barrier at a border security summit he hosted in Del Rio, a city along Texas’ southwestern border, and said he would release more details next week.It’s unclear whether Abbott has the authority to build a wall on his state’s southern border; while some of the land is owned by the federal and state governments, much is also private property, which was an obstacle the Trump administration faced in its efforts to construct a wall.At the summit, Abbott acknowledged it is the federal government’s responsibility to secure the border, but said, “Texas will not sit idly by as this crisis grows.â€.